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    $\begingroup$ Aren't you describing the United States? Anyone can get food, housing, and those other things if they work at it. But many don't. Then they are a poor, and then people who aren't poor sympathize with them and ergo class warfare. I think you need a better description of post-scarcity. $\endgroup$
    – kingledion
    Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 18:06
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    $\begingroup$ I have a suspicion the answer to this question will be heavily rooted in the answer another question: from where do these unlimited resources come from? If it's magic, then the magic wielders will be the ones in power. If it's technology, then someone will probably be needed to maintain/operate the technology. If it's an omnipotent being, then maybe the members of its cult/church are the ones in power. $\endgroup$
    – MozerShmozer
    Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 18:24
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    $\begingroup$ An interesting question might be what does "inequality" actually mean in a post-scarcity environment. Many terms which are simple to define in a scarcity environment become frustratingly slippery when scarcity is removed from the equation. $\endgroup$
    – Cort Ammon
    Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 19:25
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    $\begingroup$ Short answer: Yes. Because those in power will do everything to impose some form of scarcity. Example: capacity to copy information is pretty much unlimited, so of course, the rich do somersaults to force artificial scarcity through DRM and absurd IP/patent legislation. $\endgroup$
    – M i ech
    Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 19:27
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    $\begingroup$ @kingledion The question says "unlimited access" to basic needs "regardless of income or employment". That is not true in the United States; there are some welfare services but they don't provide unlimited free food, housing, and internet to every single person in the entire country... $\endgroup$
    – user45623
    Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 21:51